saulnier

\so.nje\

/\so.nje\/ noun

The verdict

“saulnier” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,037. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,037
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Mot ancien, qui n’est plus utilisé avec cette orthographe) Ouvrier qui produit du sel sur les marais salants.

Corpus desk

Index FR-saulnier · saulnier · French

saulnier · rank #42,037 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,037
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sarin

Nearest frequency peer: sarin (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « saulnier »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « saulnier » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

saulnier vs soulier
75% similar
saulnier vs saunier
88% similar
saulnier vs sablier
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for saulnier
PropertyValue
Headwordsaulnier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\so.nje\
Letters8
Frequency rank#42,037
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « saulnier »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.saulnierse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sarin » (#42,036), « says » (#42,038), « sarde » (#42,035). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « saulnier » est au #42,037. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around saulnier (IPA \so.nje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,037 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(Mot ancien, qui n’est plus utilisé avec cette orthographe) Ouvrier qui produit du sel sur les marais salants.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for saulnier, with forms such as "asulnier", "salunier", and "sauliner". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "soulier", "saunier", "sablier", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is saulnier, spelled S-A-U-L-N-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Mot ancien, qui n’est plus utilisé avec cette orthographe) Ouvrier qui produit du sel sur les marais salants.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how saulnier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Est-il, par exemple, rien de plus étrange que cette longue et sanglante protestation des faux saulniers… […] Le faux saulnier échappe aux potences royales, et, un reste de corde au cou, arbore la cocarde blanche.
  2. Ensuite venaient les comptes des saulniers, les journées des hommes pour ramasser le sel des marais ; et puis, chaque automne, un grand nombre de journées supplémentaires pour les vendanges, et une somme ronde pour le repas de fête des vendangeurs…

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asulnier
  • salunier
  • sauliner
  • saullnier
  • saulneir
  • saulnierr
  • saulnire
  • saulnnier
  • saunlier
  • ssaulnier
  • sualnier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saulnier - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

asulnier2salunier2sauliner2saullnier1saulneir2saulnierr1saulnire2saulnnier1
Edit distance from "saulnier"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "saulnier"?
"saulnier" is spelled S-A-U-L-N-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \so.nje\.
What does "saulnier" mean?
As a noun, "saulnier" means: (Mot ancien, qui n’est plus utilisé avec cette orthographe) Ouvrier qui produit du sel sur les marais salants.
What words are commonly confused with "saulnier"?
"saulnier" is commonly confused with "soulier", "saunier", "sablier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "saulnier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saulnier" is \so.nje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saulnier" come from?
"saulnier" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "saulnier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list